Brunson was just incredible!! Can we please stop this Nesmith can guard him bs? Not even God himself can guard Brunson!

Masterful game plan and adjustments by Thibs! Hartenstein was a monster on the glass! Deuce and Burks played so well at both ends!

Job is not finished! Got to rest up and get ready for the funeral on Friday!

VDesai wrote:Don't forget how Hartenstein obliterated them on the boards down the stretch

Miles looked bad inside the 3pt circle. Dude can't box out.

NYStateOfMind wrote:Even Carlisle called it embarrassing and lopsided by the reporters. Yes!

NYStateOfMind wrote:Funny how Game 4, Indy embarrass the Knicks. Game 5, just says the Knicks beat Pacers on ESPN. I guess 121-89 is so much more impressive & embarrassing than 121-91.

Didn't blame the refs this loss ?

Alpha1971 wrote:

NYStateOfMind wrote:Even Carlisle called it embarrassing and lopsided by the reporters. Yes!

NYStateOfMind wrote:Funny how Game 4, Indy embarrass the Knicks. Game 5, just says the Knicks beat Pacers on ESPN. I guess 121-89 is so much more impressive & embarrassing than 121-91.

Didn't blame the refs this loss ?

Alec Burks giving us 15-20ppg off the bench is a legitimate game changer for us.

Starting Deuce was definitely the move. Letting Deuce shadow Hali also the move. Hartenstein delivered as a one man wrecking crew on the boards to compensate for the small lineup.

Brunson looks back to normal. Starbury giving Knicks training staff major props on IG for their work getting him ready. He knows how these things work behind the scenes.

1 more and let’s get OG back for Boston with a confident Burks off the bench.

Nalod wrote:

NYStateOfMind wrote:Funny how Game 4, Indy embarrass the Knicks. Game 5, just says the Knicks beat Pacers on ESPN. I guess 121-89 is so much more impressive & embarrassing than 121-91.

Perhaps that knicks were down by 20 in the first period and 34 by the second?
Where Indy was down 7 in early in the 3rd. Its not always hate. Sometimes its context.
Does not change the end result, but a bit of the narrative. 2 games to win one.
Indy does have a very impressive home record of late.

NYStateOfMind wrote:No, Grogu is taller and 4th in MVP voting.

Alpha1971 wrote:

NYStateOfMind wrote:Thibs the Mandalorian, "this is our way."

So Brunson is Grogu ?

Small in stature and strong in the force !!

Alpha1971 wrote:

NYStateOfMind wrote:No, Grogu is taller and 4th in MVP voting.

Alpha1971 wrote:

NYStateOfMind wrote:Thibs the Mandalorian, "this is our way."

So Brunson is Grogu ?

Small in stature and strong in the force !!

TH is a really strange star - at least in this series, he takes long stretches where he’s off ball, being little more than a spacer/decoy. Perhaps he lost his mojo/was playing hurt again. I’m just amazed that their best player was such a non-factor.

Burks was a real difference maker today. His 3s were true and defused some mini Pacers runs. Somehow Hartenstein grew another hand with the shot to the neck on Jackson. That was pretty funny.

The announcers were strange tonight - I looked down at the score and the announcers never said the Knicks were up 25 or 30. They seemed a bit biased at times, making judgments on replays of a single angle.

I’ve gotta say, Scott Foster, for all the flack he gets, kept a potentially messy game under control. I believe we’re 3-0, or maybe 4-0 this post season with him officiating. He doesn’t hate us - he seems to respect our team’s interpretation of the rules. :) that bodes well if we are to continue our playoff run.

This game felt like we found a way to play 7 core players yet find a way to get solid rest time for our starters. The Knicks play much better with Achiuwa as our backup center than in a 2 big lineup.
The Pacers lost something after tying up the series. Today they didn’t have answers when we hit them back after their hot start.